Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1917 — DRAWING IS SET FOR JULY 16 [ARTICLE]

DRAWING IS SET FOR JULY 16

Personnel of Draft Board to Be Announced Soon. Washington, D. C., July Monday, July 16, is the day tentatively Mixed for the first drawing for the national army. The personnel of the board that will conduct this drawing for the entire country here will be announced shortly. Provost Marshal-General Crowder will have immediate charge of the drawing. Each number drawn will have a duplicate in each registration district. For instance, if No. 3 should be drawn it would call out No. 3 in every registration district in the country. 'Names of the men drawn are to be made public by the , adjutant-gen-eral of each state. The state, appeal exemption boards have been made up. The President expects to announce them this week. «■ Pressure brought to bear by governors of states has induced the war department to give up its plan to delay the calling out of the national guard until August 8. Secretary Baker has definitely

announced that the guard will be called out, as originally planned, on July 15, July 25 and August 5. When drafted into the federal service the entire national guard- however, will be drafted as of July 15, so that there will be no inequality in the relative rank of officers. Objections of governors to delaying the draft were based on the fact that all over the country national guardsmen have resigned their positions or made arrangements for leaves of obsence dating from the time of their call, and jin most instances new men have I been employed to take their places, "it would cause inconvenience both J

to men and employers to delay the call, the governors pointed out.